Circumcision

UK unlikely to classify circumcision as child abuse despite reports, Jewish leaders tell 'Post'

Jewish leaders told The Jerusalem Post that the guidance made it clear it was aimed at circumcision under inappropriate conditions, and not to classify it as child abuse.

 Demonstrators hold Israeli and British flags outside the Law Courts, during a march against antisemitism, after an increase in the UK, during a temporary truce between the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Israel, in London, Britain November 26, 2023.
Surgeon preforming circumcision undee local anaesthesia on muslim children in Malaysia.

Surgeon saves three-year-olds penis after botched barber-led circumcision

THE WRITER, second from left, performs a circumcision in the presence of four generations, great-grandfather to newborn. Just as much as the Jewish people have continuously kept the commandment of circumcision, the practice has preserved our identity, he asserts.

Haaretz’s claims on brit milah: Separating fact from misconception - opinion

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers remarks during a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Oct. 9, 2025.

Nadler accuses RFK Jr of antisemitism over claim that ‘early’ circumcisions are tied to autism


Fundamentally Freund: Iceland's declaration of war on Judaism

Iceland’s authorities might as well hang a large sign in the arrivals terminal at Reykjavik airport saying, “No Jews or Muslims allowed.”

A general view of Reykjavik, Iceland

Church leaders blast Iceland’s anti-circumcision bill

This would make Jews and Muslims "criminals," bishop says.

A general view of Reykjavik, Iceland

The rite of circumcision

'The remarkable capacity of the Jewish nation to outlive all its enemies may quite well be the result of this small physical intervention.'

Protesters wearing overalls daubed with red paint on the genital area demonstrate against male circumcision in 2012 in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

Brit mila – time to cut the debate

The time has come to end the debate surrounding circumcision.

A man prepares the items needed for a circumcision.

An open wound: The heated debate surrounding circumcision

The medical benefits of circumcisions are not so convincing.

A ‘MOHEL’ holds a scalpel as he performs a circumcision

Chief Rabbinate opposes legislation to regulate circumcision

“Circumcision is a kind of surgery and if we need to, we’ll enact legislation that requires a mohel to be licensed.”

Circumcision

Oslo chief rabbi: Israel shouldn't intervene in Norway circumcision debate

Norway’s Progress Party voted last week in favor of a ban on circumcision of boys under the age of 16.

Circumcision

Top EU official backs freedom of religion amid calls against Jewish rituals in Europe

Brussels chief rabbi calls on Timmermans to aid Jewish community in battle.

A man putting on a kippa as part of a solidarity campaign with European Jews

Orthodox Families won’t identify circumcisers who gave babies herpes

An unnamed source said the community is skeptical about the allegations because it believes the city wants to make certain circumcision practices illegal.

Circumcision

Juif malgré lui

Ex-politicien d’extrême droite pro-nazi, Csanád Szegedi a longtemps fait son beurre de la haine des juifs et de la banalisation de la Shoah. Jusqu’à ce qu’il découvre sa judéité

Csanád Szegedi avec le rabbin Barouh Oberlander